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Winter Storm Impacts This Morning

Snowfall winds down this morning as the winter storm system continues to shift out of the area. Combination of blustery winds with areas of blowing and drifting snow and below zero wind chills are expected to create hazardous travel conditions. Read More >

Newspaper Accounts of the
August 21, 1883 Tornadoes
in Southeast Minnesota

 

The following newspaper articles came from The Winona Daily Republican.  A special thanks go out to Winona State University for allowing us access to their site and the opportunity to provide pdfs of this newspaper on this page. Without their help, we would not have been able to provide such a thorough coverage of the newspaper accounts of these historic tornadoes and some recovery efforts that took place.